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REO Speedwagon

Ticket Prices: $45.00, $65.00, $77.00, $89.00

Saturday, June 29, 2019 / 8pm

Formed in 1967, signed in 1971, and fronted by iconic vocalist Kevin Cronin since 1972, REO Speedwagon is a band where the main constant over the decades is a never-ending desire to give their all to their fans, year in and year out.

By the early ‘70s, the band’s unrelenting drive, as well as non-stop touring and recording, jump-started the burgeoning rock movement in the Midwest. It carved a path that was eventually followed by STYX, Kansas, Cheap Trick and more. Platinum albums and freeform FM radio staples such as “Ridin’ The Storm Out” followed, setting the stage for 1980’s explosive Hi Infidelity. REO rode the top of the charts with a RIAA-certified 22 million albums sold in the U.S. and 40 million around the globe, with a string of gold and platinum records and international hit singles.

Even now, fully established with songs on the radio in every city and town they ever set foot in, REO Speedwagon still has that Midwest work ethic. The band has gone on stage and in the studio to work– dozens of albums, thousands of concerts, and countless radio spins. Their eyes have always been on the future and on the road – not a year has gone by where REO Speedwagon didn’t perform live, thrilling fans with hit filled sets.

Resurrection – A Tribute To Journey

Ticket Prices: $22.00 General Admission

Saturday, July 13, 2019 / 8pm

Resurrection – A Journey Tribute faithfully recreates the sights and sounds of a 1980’s Journey concert. The incredible likeness to Journey’s music and Steve Perry’s vocals is unmatched among the multitude of Journey sound-alikes. The band members are veteran musicians from Nashville who have worked for high profile artists, including Journey. This tribute exceeds the expectations of discerning Journey fans.

Purchase your tickets to this all-ages Route 66 Casino concert today!

Saturday, August 3, 2019

SOUTHWEST REGIONAL CHILI COOK OFF CHAMPIONSHIP
15TH ANNUAL CALENDAR CAR SHOW
11 am – 5 pm
FREE FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENT

Join us at Route 66 Casino Hotel for a weekend of cool cars and hot chili! The best chili cooks in the state will face off for the Southwest Regional Chili Cook Off.

Top winners will qualify for a spot in the International Chili Society World Championship, so you’ll be tasting the best from the country’s best chili cooks!  The 53rd ICS World Championship Chili Cook-off© is one of the most famous cooking competitions on the planet and takes place September 6 – 8, 2019 in Ankeny, Iowa.

FOR THE FOODIES:
All foodies will want to pick up a tasting kit for only $5.00 to sample the green and red chili. Proceeds from the tasting kits will benefit the Pueblo of Laguna Senior Olympics.  Plus, with your purchase of a tasting kit you will receive a voting ballot and YOU will help decide the People’s Choice Chili award winner!

The weekend’s chili cook-off festivities also include the 15th Annual Calendar Car show featuring more than 250 classic cars, hot rods, motorcycles and custom cars. This free event also takes places on Saturday and Sunday, August 3 – 4, 2019. Tasty treats and refreshing beverages will be available for purchase as well as one-of-a-kind Route 66 themed-items from the award-winning Route 66 Gift Shop. Guests 21+ will be able to enter the beer garden under the tent beginning at 11 am. Cruise the car show from 11 am – 5 pm each day.

AWARDS:
Chili awards Southwest Regional Chili Championship will take place at approximately 5 pm.

VIEW EVENT DAY 2: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4

Experience this epic weekend of live music, cool cars and World Championship cooking competition only at Route 66 Casino Hotel.
GET YOUR KICKS!

STYX

Ticket Prices: $45.00, $65.00, $77.00, $89.00

Saturday, August 3, 2019 / 8pm

Route 66 Casino presents the Legendary Platinum rockers STYX!

Harmony. Chemistry. Balance. Grit. Dexterity. Determination. Solidarity. Terms that describe a Super Bowl champion? Well, almost. These are words that define the core essence of STYX, the multimegamillion-selling rock band that has forged an indelible legacy both on record and onstage.

The six men comprising STYX have committed to rocking the Paradise together with audiences far and wide by averaging more than 100 shows a year every year since (yes) 1999, and each one of them is committed to making the next show better than the last. Founded in Chicago in 1972, STYX has the unique distinction of being the first band in rock history to have four consecutive certified multimillion-selling albums in a row: 1977’s The Grand Illusion, 1978’s Pieces of Eight, 1979’s Cornerstone, and 1981’s Paradise Theatre.

STYX draws from over four decades of barn burning chart hits, joyous singalongs, and hard-driving deep cuts. Like a symphony that builds to a satisfying crescendo, a STYX set covers a wide range of stylistic cornerstones. From the progressively sweeping splendor that is “The Grand Illusion” to the hunker-down fortitude of all that is the “Blue Collar Man,” from the majestic spiritual love for a special “Lady” to the poignant rumination on the fleeting nature of fame in “Miss America,” from an individual yearning for true connection as a “Man in the Wilderness” to a soul-deep quest to achieve what’s at the heart of one’s personal vision in “Crystal Ball,” from the regal reach-for-the-stars bravado of “Come Sail Away” to the grainy all-in gallop of that rugged “Renegade” who had it made, STYX draws on an unlimited cache of ways to immerse one’s mind and body in their signature sound.

Never known for resting on their laurels, STYX have now added a triumphant new chapter to their never-ending story of success: namely, The Mission, the band’s sonically sweet 16th studio album and most ambitious, most challenging, and most rewarding release to date.

“The planets truly aligned for The Mission, and I couldn’t be prouder,” says STYX vocalist/guitarist Tommy Shaw, who co-wrote the album’s storyline with longtime collaborator Will Evankovich (Shaw Blades, The Guess Who). Continues Shaw, “It’s our boldest, most emblematic album since Pieces of Eight.” Adds STYX co-founding guitarist/vocalist James “JY” Young, “This album is an incredible artistic expression that resonates with the best parts of our past, but is intended for modern-day consumption. I’m very excited about it.”

Sunday, August 4, 2019

NEW MEXICO STATE CHILI COOK OFF CHAMPIONSHIP
15TH ANNUAL CALENDAR CAR SHOW
11 am – 5 pm
FREE FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENT

Join us at Route 66 Casino Hotel for a weekend of cool cars and hot chili! The best chili cooks in the state will face off for the Southwest Regional Chili Cook Off.

Top winners will qualify for a spot in the International Chili Society World Championship, so you’ll be tasting the best from the country’s best chili cooks!  The 53rd ICS World Championship Chili Cook-off© is one of the most famous cooking competitions on the planet and takes place September 6 – 8, 2019 in Ankeny, Iowa.

FOR THE FOODIES:
All foodies will want to pick up a tasting kit for only $5.00. Proceeds from the tasting kits will benefit the Pueblo of Laguna Senior Olympics.

The weekend’s chili cook-off festivities also include the 15th Annual Calendar Car show featuring more than 250 classic cars, hot rods, motorcycles and custom cars. This free event also takes places on Saturday and Sunday, August 3 – 4, 2019. Tasty treats and refreshing beverages will be available for purchase as well as one-of-a-kind Route 66 themed-items from the award-winning Route 66 Gift Shop. Guests 21+ will be able to enter the beer garden under the tent beginning at 11 am. Cruise the car show from 11 am – 5 pm each day.

AWARDS:
Chili awards New Mexico State Chili Championship will take place at approximately 4 pm.
Car show awards for the 15th Annual Car Show Calendar will take place at 5pm.

Experience this epic weekend of live music, cool cars and World Championship cooking competition only at Route 66 Casino Hotel.
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Rob Thomas Chip Tooth Tour

Friday, September 13, 2019 / 8pm
Ticket Prices: $50, $75, $90, $120

Route 66 Casino Hotel presents Rob Thomas: Chip Tooth Tour!

Life, love, and music eventually arrive full circle. We reach the place where we began not only wiser, but with more wonder for the bearing of the past on the future. Three-time GRAMMY® award winner Rob Thomas progresses by recognizing his roots. In fact, the singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and Matchbox Twenty co-founder picks up a thread from his formative years and weaves a bold and bright new chapter on his fourth solo offering, Chip Tooth Smile (Emblem/Atlantic Records).

Fittingly, the experience earned from over two decades as one of modern music’s preeminent songwriter and front men empowers him to do so.

“I’ve always been a radio kid,” he explains. “I grew up listening to all of this music from the late seventies and early eighties in the car with my mom. I knew every lyric to every song on the air. There’s a sensibility to the way I write that’s been informed by eighties songwriters, especially. I feel like I grow each year. Hopefully, that trend will continue until I am ready to stop.

He most certainly does on Chip Tooth Smile. In fact, the record represents a confluence of firsts for the New York-based artist. After three tour packed summers, he took the summer of 2018 off and commenced writing for what would become his latest album. Three years removed since 2015’s The Great Unknown, he amassed a career high 60 ideas to be whittled down into the next body of work. All along, there would be no choice but to work with longtime friend Butch Walker behind-the-board as producer. It notably marked his first collaboration outside of producers Matt Serletic and Steve Lillywhite, but one he admits to “manifesting.”

Throughout his illustrious career, Thomas has consistently made history. He received a rare Diamond Award from the RIAA for Matchbox Twenty’s 12-times platinum debut Yourself or Someone Like You. His 2005 platinum solo debut, Something to Be, became “the first album by a male artist from a rock or pop group to debut at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 since the chart debuted.” Its follow-up cradlesong cemented him as “the only male artist with multiple #1 hits at Adult 40,” while he tied P!nk for “most #1s by a solo artist in the chart’s history.” Not to mention, he teamed up with Santana for 1999’s “Smooth,” which not only earned three GRAMMY® Awards, but also held the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks and spent 58 total weeks on the chart. The song emerged as #1 song in Billboard’s Top Hot 100 Rock Songs” chart history and “#2 Hot 100 Song of All-Time”. “Smooth” was also declared the all-time #1 song on Billboard’s “Adult Pop Songs” radio airplay chart, the #1 song of the Rock Era based on chart performance on Billboard’s Hot 100 and recently declared to still hold the spot as the second most successful song of all time by Billboard.

Thomas became the first-ever recipient of the prestigious Songwriters Hall of Fame Hal David Starlight Award created to recognize a composer in the early years of his or her career that has already made a lasting impact. Moreover, he garnered numerous BMI and ASCAP awards and would be crowned “Songwriter of the Year” by both Billboard and BMI. Total record sales for his output exceed 80 million worldwide. Additionally, his commitment to philanthropy remains as staunch as his commitment to music. Among many charitable initiatives, he launched the Sidewalk Angels Foundation which benefits individuals in need throughout major cities.

In the end, Thomas comes full circle and delivers a record both befitting of his reputation and indicative of his future. “I write a lot of songs about the human condition, how people interact with each other, and how we deal with our environments,” he leaves off. “I want people to take them and attach them to their lives. I hope they possibly speak to what they’re going through, and I’m always thankful they’re still listening,” he smiles.

This will be an all-ages show. Purchase your tickets today!

A.B. Quintanilla III y Los Kumbia Kings

Saturday, September 14, 2019 / 8pm
Ticket Prices: $29, $49, $65, $85

Route 66 Casino Hotel presents AB Quintanilla Kumbia King All Starz!

Imagine a young man’s flight from poverty, from denial to embrace of his heritage, from a dream attained to a dream shattered, a rise and fall and rise again, to achievements unprecedented in his field …

That, in bare outline, is the life of A. B. Quintanilla — or, more accurately, the first stage in the life of this extraordinary musician, producer, songwriter, loyal family member, and survivor.

True, he had a head start in a way; when his sister Selena shone as the brightest young star in Latin music, A. B. was at her side, producing her records, writing her hits, playing bass onstage with her in their family’s band.

But in the dark years that followed her passing in 1995, A. B. had to fight back toward the light on his own. It was, as he says now, an experience “I would not wish on my worst enemy,” yet it was also undeniably a trial from which one either emerges strong or doesn’t emerge at all.

Today, Quintanilla can look back on a history of rare accomplishment even as he builds on a foundation for conquests to come. He’s won Grammys and BMI songwriting awards, founded and led one of the most popular bands in the modern Latin market, built a studio complex that lets him produce hits without straying far from his roots in Texas. Like his sister, A. B. has built a unique sound in his music by drawing from diverse sources of inspiration. And he’s gearing up to explore areas untouched by other musical entrepreneurs.

As the Latin music boom builds, A. B. Quintanilla’s contributions will only grow greater. Yet no matter how many careers he launches, or how much he helps to enrich America’s changing soundscape, he will never turn his back on the past, on the lessons learned through hardship as well as love.

AWARDS/NOMINATIONS (Kumbia Kings and/or AB Quintanilla, III):

Grammy

• 2003 Best Pop Album By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
• 2003 Best Regional Mexican Song ‘Ay! Papacito’, A.B. Quintanilla III & Alicia Villarreal, songwriters (Limite)
• 2001 Latin Grammy Nominee “Best Tejano Album”
• 2000 Latin Grammy Nominee “Best Tejano Performance”
• 2000 Best Tejano Performance A.B. Quintanilla III & Kumbia Kings
• 1993 Best Mexican American Performance Selena Live – Producer: ABQIII (Selena y Los Dinos)

American Music Awards

• 2003 Favorite Artist – Latin Music

Latin Billboard Awards

• 2002 Album Pop del Año, Group Shhh! – AB Quintanilla III y Los Kumbia Kings
• 2000 Album of the Year, New Artist Amor, Familia y Respeto – AB Quintanilla III y Los Kumbia Kings
• 2000 Album of the Year, Group Amor, Familia y Respeto – AB Quintanilla III y Los Kumbia Kings

(Nomination)

• BMI Awards Highlights (Total of 13 song awards)
• 2001 Most Performed Latin Song Fuiste Mala – Kumbia Kings
• 1998 Most Performed Latin Song Esperándote – Songwriter: ABQ III (Cristian)
• 1996 Latin Songwriter of The Year A.B. Quintanilla III
• 1994 Latin Songwriter of The Year A.B. Quintanilla III
• 1994 Most Performed Latin Song Amor Prohibido – Songwriter: ABQIII (Selena y Los Dinos)
• 1993 Latin Songwriter of The Year A.B. Quintanilla III

TTMA (Tejano Music) Awards

• 2003 Showband of The Year AB Quintanilla III y Los Kumbia Kings
• 2003 Male Entertainer of The Year AB Quintanilla III
• 2003 Bass Player of The Year AB Quintanilla III
• 2002 Record Producer of The Year AB Quintanilla III
• 2002 Bass Player of The Year AB Quintanilla III
• 2002 Showband of The Year AB Quintanilla III y Los Kumbia Kings
• 2002 Tejano Crossover Shhh! – AB Quintanilla III y Los Kumbia Kings
• 2001 Songwriter of The Year AB Quintanilla III
• 2001 Showband of The Year AB Quintanilla III y Los Kumbia Kings
• 2001 Record Producer of The Year AB Quintanilla III
• 2001 Bass Player of The Year AB Quintanilla III
• 2001 “Selena” Lifetime Achievement AB Quintanilla III
• 2000 Record Producer of The Year AB Quintanilla III
• 2000 Bass Player of The Year AB Quintanilla III
• 2000 Showband of The Year AB Quintanilla III y Los Kumbia Kings
• 2000 Tejano Crossover Azucar – AB Quintanilla III y Los Kumbia Kings
• 2000 Album of The Year Amor, Familia y Respeto – AB Quintanilla III y Los KK
• 2000 Most Promising Band AB Quintanilla III y Los Kumbia Kings
• 1999 Bass Player of The Year AB Quintanilla III
• 1999 Song of The Year Te Quiero Te Amo – Songwriter: ABQIII (David Lee Garza)
• 1997 Record Producer of The Year AB Quintanilla III
• 1997 Tejano Crossover of The Year No Quiero Saber – Songwriter: ABQIII
• 1997 Album of The Year Como Te Extraño – Producer: ABQIII (Pete Astudillo)
• 1996 Album of The Year Dreaming of You – Producer: ABQIII (Selena y Los Dinos)
• 1995 Song of The Year Bidi Bidi Bom Bom – Songwriter: ABQIII (Selena y Los Dinos)
• 1995 Single of The Year Amor Prohibido – Songwriter: ABQIII (Selena y Los Dinos)
• 1995 Album of The Year Amor Prohibido – Producer: ABQIII (Selena y Los Dinos)
• 1994 Album of The Year Selena Live – Producer: ABQIII (Selena y Los Dinos)
• 1993 Album of The Year Entra A Mi Mundo – Producer: ABQIII (Selena y Los Dinos)

This will be an all-ages show. Purchase your tickets online or by visiting the Route 66 Casino Player’s Club Box Office.